[ActiveDir] MAC and DNS

2005-11-27 Thread shereen naser
Hi list, I have a MAC lab in a windows 2000 network eniroment, the MACs take an automatic IP and work fine but they can't resolve names, the MAC users can only reach resources by suppliying the IP address of the resource (on the windows 2000) even if I put the DNS server IP static on the MAC it

Re: [ActiveDir] MAC and DNS

2005-11-27 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Lessons Learned: Connecting a Macintosh to SBS 2003 Server via SMB: http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/archives/2004/12/connecting_a_ma.shtml What version of Macs? shereen naser wrote: Hi list, I have a MAC lab in a windows 2000 network eniroment, the MACs take an automatic IP and work

RE: [ActiveDir] Query out all user members in nested groups

2005-11-27 Thread Aaron Seet
Thanks, i will see if those articles bring me closer to the task. Meanwhile for those who have touch with .NET, I was taking a cue from recommendation of the DirectoryEntry class, and decided to run a little experiment with that class instead; see what it is capable of. The tutorial logic made it

[ActiveDir] msi package

2005-11-27 Thread shereen naser
Dear all, how can I create an msi file from installation files? any tools recommended? thank you

Re: [ActiveDir] msi package

2005-11-27 Thread Mathieu CHATEAU
Sunday, November 27, 2005, 2:20:26 PM, you wrote: Dear all, how can I create an msi file from installation files? any tools recommended? thank you you can use adminstudio from installshield, it's the best i have used (but a $$$ one). Winstall LE is free but limited to capture an

RE: [ActiveDir] windows installation question

2005-11-27 Thread Rick Kingslan
You will need to have two things - One: A separate partition in which to install XP into. Two: a DOS-bootable network enabled floppy to map to a share (in whichan administrative 'dump' of XP has been done)or shared CD drive on another machine. After mapping to one of these two, you could

Re: [ActiveDir] msi package

2005-11-27 Thread shereen naser
Thank you Mathieu, nothing in/from windows? On 11/27/05, Mathieu CHATEAU [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sunday, November 27, 2005, 2:20:26 PM, you wrote: Dear all, how can I create an msi file from installation files? any tools recommended? thank you you can use adminstudio from

Re: [ActiveDir] msi package

2005-11-27 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Making .msi Files: http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/21190/21190.html when setup isn't just xcopy : ClickThrough - simple MSI creation plus auto-update over RSS.: http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2005/11/08/490448.aspx Building an Installer Package (.msi) File (Visual

RE: [ActiveDir] How to restrict .exe file copy on my local exchange server

2005-11-27 Thread Ulf B. Simon-Weidner
Hello Manjeet, using Software restriction policies you can only block the execution of files, however I understand that you want to avoid copying of new exe-files in the system32 directory. You could do this with Windows Server 2003 R2 by using File Screening, but if you apply it to

[ActiveDir] Tombstone value

2005-11-27 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Stupid question from the SBS AD crowd. Default tombstone value is 60 days on Win2k3 Default tombstone for new forests on 2k3 sp1 is 180 Translation for us SBS boxes... unless we change it it's 60 days if we were an RTM SBS box or 180 if we were a SP1 installed box. For our space down

RE: [ActiveDir] Tombstone value

2005-11-27 Thread Ulf B. Simon-Weidner
Hi Susan, I've seen issues with tombstones sitting around, such as bad written software who still sees them. The main other reason for finally getting rid of the tombstones is to free Active Directory space, but that shouldn't be an issue in a SBS-Domain. On the other hand I do not see the need